Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• The candidate will be responsible for negotiating, drafting and reviewing various contracts related to: customers, subcontractors, suppliers, service providers, intercompany, consulting, software licensing, supply agreement for various hardware systems, large scale project, framework agreement, SLA, OEM, maintenance, operation and maintenance.
• Your experience must include independent legal preparation and legal drafting of both simple and complex contracts from scratch. This position is NOT for individual who work only with templates, only have contract management experience and/or purchasing or procurement experience.
• The work is complex and requires sound experience in contract law, legal principle and terminology, technology and software licenses, contract drafting and the negotiation of large, complex deals.
• You will also be required to:
• Provide legal analysis, comprehensive risk assessment and related advice to address, manage and mitigate the risks identified;
• Identify topics that require communication to and consultation with personnel/functions in other department as well as coordinate work with other department team members (sale, service, project management, finance) in order to anticipate, understand and fulfill each department's contracting needs;
• Implement and enhance contracting procedures;
• Create new template and update existing templates;
• Create and manage special clause/provision library;
• Provide advice to other Departments in meeting obligations associated with contracts and agreements;
• Experience of private and public tenders;
• Experience in international transactions (preferably in Africa and the Middle-East);
• FIDIC contract experience preferred but not mandatory.

Experience

Must have minimum 4+ years of experience with a law firm or in-house, drafting and negotiating contracts.

Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor degree in Law only (strong academic credentials LLL and/or LLB)
• LLM preferred but not mandatory
• Member of a European and/or North American Bar association

Soft Skills

• Excellent organizational skills with demonstrated ability to create, plan and successfully execute projects; the ability to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interface and communicate effectively and diplomatically with all levels of in-house personnel and customer top representatives; Excellent negotiation skills;
• Excellent legal drafting skills;
• Ability to team effectively with colleagues in other functions;
• Ability to understand, and accurately articulate and document, complex transactions;
• Expertise in negotiation techniques, contract law, contract drafting, licensing;
• Ability to assess size and scope of contemplated transactions and to tailor contracts and negotiation effort accordingly;
• Commercial solution-oriented thinking with focus on exceptional client service;
• Independent and autonomous with the ability to make decisions in accordance with established policies and work with limited supervision;
• High level of professionalism and confidentiality appropriate for a large corporate environment;
• The ability to use initiative and judgment in carrying out tasks;
• Strong multi-tasking skills and detail oriented;
• Ability to work with challenging individuals/organizations